Musical Chairs Follow Lukman Resignation: The Sudden Resignation of Rilwanu Lukman, Nigeria's 'Mr Oil' from His Position as Adviser to President Obasanjo Sent Shock Waves through the Industry and Triggered a Series of Changes of Personnel. Why Did He Resign and What Does It Portend?

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The best known figure in Nigerian oil politics, the Presidential Special Adviser on Petroleum Resources, Rilwanu Lukman, has resigned. Although Lukman did not give any official explanation for his decision, it is understood that a clash over oil sector reform with the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Jackson Gaius Obaseki, precipitated the move. It has been suggested by some in Nigeria that 65 year old Lukman will shortly be unveiled as the country's new ambassador in Washington, but this has yet to be confirmed.

Obaseki himself was replaced at the helm of the NNPC on 3 November, signalling the government's desire to remove the NNPC's monopoly over the import of oil.

In a television broadcast, Obasanjo said that he will now push ahead with lifting the monopoly. He said: "Maybe those who get involved in the monopoly of importation are also ensuring that the refineries are not working satisfactorily. Maybe if there is no monopoly it will be easier to get our refineries to work."

The departure of the two men triggered several other personnel changes. One of Obaseki's predecessors as NNPC group managing director, Edmund Daukoru, was named as Lukman's replacement as Presidential advisor. An engineer from the oil producing state of Ondo, Daukoru has previously worked as production general manager at Shell Petroleum Development Company.

Funso Kupolokun, the hitherto Special Assistant on Petroleum Matters to the President, and effectively Lukman's former number two, has replaced Obaseki at the NNPC, where be has previously served as group executive director Alhaji Jafaru Paki, a former managing director of Unipetrol Nigeria, has taken Kupolokun's place. …

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